My family's on the other side of the world, so sadly there will be no traveling or visits today. The good news is that I can have lots of tea at home. Plus, my Mother's Day gifts in the past couple years have been very tea-centric; last year I bought my mother a hot water dispenser (so she could stop boiling water in pans on the electric stove), and this year I sent her a Korean-style infuser mug, a tea scoop, and two different Korean teas.

Apricot fusion in my cup today. I started in the morning and it's been carrying me through the afternoon as well. I'm planning on switching to an oolong later.

Just a normal day here in Norway, where Mother's Day is celebrated second Sunday in February. Still I wish happy Mother's Day to all mothers who celebrate it today Today I plan to drink lots of tea, but the details are not yet worked out.

My parents are about 8.000km far away, so can't bring them any tea personally

My tea day today was quite interesting.In the morning i had yame "88 nights" shincha, then went to visit one person where i tried some more shincha. Including shincha from Ureshino, which i'm now drinking again, but at home And finally i prepared my first cup of matcha! First try was usucha, seems i was lucky and it turned out really well. Then i went for koicha, but seems with this lower grade yame matcha it's not for me, really creamy taste, but slightly bitter notes appeared, i prefer usucha without bitterness at all. Tomorrow will get some milk and prepare matcha au lait, i tried this already from ready mix in a paper stick, hope i can make even more tasty one.

No traveling, no tea with Mom today. She visited me last weekend and we celebrated then. And despite my best efforts--brewing some especially fragrant, newly opened TGY for her to sip a few months ago--she still just is not interested in tea, although she used to make pitchers of iced lipton often in the summertime.

I feel a need for Sencha this morning, and after that will start back on the puerh session from yesterday in my tiniest yixing pot. It's the 60s Guang Yun Gong from Essence of Tea, and it has many infusions yet to go.

I'm still at school prepping for finals so my parents drove down and my mom brought me the tea I ordered last week. I haven't had a chance to drink it though b/c I had to go to the library and study right after lunch. OH TEA WHEN WILL WE MEET AGAIN?? Maybe tonight...

I will be visiting mom and ailing dad today. I might take a tea along, though I really do not think there will be time. I am the only local sibling, so it will be a pretty subdued celebration all the way around.

Began the TD with Kurogi Yame sencha from Umami-Chaya with the Mrs. Next up ... ?